|  | Posted by Goro on 11/01/66 11:32 
Justin wrote:> Mark Jones wrote on [Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:24:47 GMT]:
 > > Goro wrote:
 > >> Thomas A. Horsley wrote:
 > >>>> As far as I'm concerned, the current implementation of DRM just
 > >>>> isn't worth it to me.  I can get music elsewhere.   Money isn't the
 > >>>> point.  It's the hassle.
 > >>>
 > >>> The really pitiful thing is how pointless it all is. Do a google
 > >>> search for "total recorder" - it is a tool that essentially allows
 > >>> you to "rip" the audio data as it shows up at your soundcard. So you
 > >>> can turn any kind of DRM protected music into a totally DRM free
 > >>> audio track merely by listening to it once :-).
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> hey, don't worry about it.  Microsoft will fix this in Vista.
 > >>
 > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base
 > >>
 > > This will simply convince even more people to switch to Linux.
 >
 > Nah, OS X or whatever it's called will be running on Intel by then.
 
 In making an argument AGAINST an operating system's increased
 implementation of DRM, it's probably not good to invoke a GREATER
 proponent of DRM.   DRM is alive and well and likely to be much more
 stringent in Apple than in MS.
 
 -goro-
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